Clarence Thompson
October 22, 1903
Muncie (Indiana) Weekly Times
Child Found Dead in Bed
It Was Alive at Three O'clock but Was Dead at Five

Clarence Thompson, the 5-weeks-old son of Mr and Mrs Emery Thompson, 1129 West Eighteenth street, died suddenly this morning about 4 o'clock. The cause of death is unknown but it is thought that the child was accidentally smothered. It was alive about 3 o'clock and was found dead in bed when Mr and Mrs Thompson awoke at 5 o'clock. The funeral will be conducted in the late residence Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Burial will be made in Beech Grove cemetery.